That day I would rather forget
We spend our summer months in a small town in the Rim Country of Arizona. Going up there, I have a lot of help with packing and with the kiddos – “many hands make light work”. It is fun – we are all...
View ArticleParenting Affirmation
I really need this reminder this week as our schedule gets more added into as the weeks go by. Our summer sojourn is over…now we are full speed ahead with a homeschooling schedule, field trips,...
View ArticleMonday Musings: Back to the Breath
Oh, my volume was higher over the last couple of days again…got a confirmation last night that I need to keep doing my deep breathing and using humor when it’s my moon time!! So here is my affirmation...
View ArticleThoughtful Thursday: Prioritizing
I read THIS blog post in the morning, as I was going through our twitter feed. Here is an excerpt: “But seeing the messy house, and walking around the cluttered rooms, and feeling exhausted still...
View ArticleMonday Musings: Living Gentle
This is one of Cassandra’s favorite quotes that she shared with me over the weekend. As it turns out, it is exactly what I needed today. We have a second child down with a crazy fever. Lying in bed...
View ArticleAha! Parenting & Seeing Dr. Laura Markham
A couple of weeks ago I heard that Dr. Laura Markham was coming to the town I live in, Pacific Grove, and would be speaking at the charter school just down the street from my house. I knew I had to go...
View ArticleThoughtful Thursday: Mothering Through Growing Pains
Our Sweet Peas are definitely going through growing pains right now. I know I am running short since I am dealing with my own emotional growth, and I am not doing all the things that keep me in...
View ArticleDiscovering Truths
I found this in my “Drafts” folder from last summer – I wanted to share it with you because it is a peek into the process that led me to decide that I really was not in a season where I want to spend...
View ArticleSpanking: Not an option
Spanking. If you told my 25-year-old self that I would be totally opposed to spanking when I became a mother, that Krystyna would have scoffed at you. What could be wrong with it? Kids need discipline...
View ArticleMaking Love a Priority
Here is a little “happy family” tip that will hopefully help you as much as it has helped me. It”s a visual tool that has really helped me connect with each of my children and my husband on a daily...
View ArticleGratitude through this Season of Change
I first started sharing about this interesting season of change back in May. I have a feeling that someday, we will look back on this year as a milestone marker. We will say things like: “Remember...
View ArticleThoughtful Thursday: Sorting Through
As we continue to unpack, I am dread the fact that we still have LOTS of boxes in our garage. On top of all those boxes, we have LOTS MORE boxes in storage. It’s stuff. Literally just stuff. Holiday...
View ArticleWorld Kindness Day
This is a guest post submitted by Alexandria Heinz from FTD Florist. I feel that the three images she shared go well with our commitment to attachment parenting. The third image speaks to me of...
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